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The twentieth series of Thomas & Friends began production in 2014 and aired on television on 5 September 2016 in the UK and on 21 October 2016 in the US.

Episodes

Screenshot UK title (top)
US title (bottom)
Written by Episode number #
SidneySingspromo1 Sidney Sings Lee Pressman #01
Sidney makes up a song to help him remember his job of delivering Percy's new wheels to the Steamworks, given by the Fat Controller.
LetterstoSantapromo Letters to Santa Helen Farrall #02
Percy has a job of delivering letters to Vicarstown on Christmas Eve, but when a tunnel is blocked by a snowdrift, Harold volunteers to finish the job.
Toby'sNewFriendpromo1 Toby's New Friend Andrew Brenner #03
Philip tries to make friends with Toby, much to Toby's dismay.
HenryGetsTheExpress22 Henry Gets the Express Helen Farrall #04
Henry takes the express instead of Gordon.
TheChristmasCoffeepotpromo The Christmas Coffeepot Helen Farrall #05
Marion rediscovers Glynn the Coffee Pot Engine, who restored and taken to Ulfstead Castle.
OvertheHill Over the Hill Helen Farrall #06
Stephen becomes jealous of all the attention received by Glynn at the castle.
DieselandtheDucklingspromo Diesel and the Ducklings Lee Pressman #07
Diesel struggles to keep up his rough and tough demeanour when he makes friends with some ducklings.
BradfordtheBrakeVanPromo Bradford the Brake Van Lee Pressman #08
A brake van from the Mainland arrives and gets the trucks to behave.
SavingTimepromo Saving Time Andrew Brenner #09
Samson takes as many trucks as he can of an important stone train to save time getting to the docks.
RyanandDaisypromo1 Ryan and Daisy Davey Moore #10
Daisy manipulates Ryan to get him to do her extra work, as well as his own.
HenryintheDarkpromo Henry in the Dark Lee Pressman #11
Henry is accidentally given paint that glows in the dark, which causes James, Gordon and Thomas to think there's a ghost train.
ThreeSteamEnginesGruffpromo Three Steam Engines Gruff Andrew Brenner #12
Thomas, Percy and Toby are frightened by a sound from under the bridge.
EngineoftheFuturepromo5 Engine of the Future Andrew Brenner #13
A different new engine arrives to the island and the other engines think he will replace them.
HugoandtheAirshippromo Hugo and the Airship Andrew Brenner #14
Hugo wishes he could fly like an airship that has been soaring over Sodor.
TheMissingBreakdownTrainpromo The Missing Breakdown Train Davey Moore #15
Judy and Jerome get their chance to be really useful again.
SkiffandtheMermaidpromo Skiff and the Mermaid Helen Farrall #16
Skiff and the Fat Controller go on a wild adventure around Arlesburgh Harbour in search of a mermaid.
TheRailcarandtheCoachespromo The Railcar and the Coaches
Railcar and the Coaches
Davey Moore #17
Daisy is rude to Annie and Clarabel.
LoveMeTenderpromo2 Love Me Tender Davey Moore #18
Donald and Douglas argue while clearing the snow.
PoutyJamesPromo Pouty James Andrew Brenner #19
James has to learn to change his showy attitude.
BlownAwaypromo1 Blown Away Helen Farrall #20
Skiff is helping prepare for a storm, but he himself is blown away down the track.
TheWaySheDoesItpromo4 The Way She Does It Davey Moore #21
Daisy boasts about transporting an entertainers group.
MuckingAboutpromo1 Mucking About Davey Moore #22
Thomas questions his days of racing with Max and Monty after they repeatedly pull reckless and dangerous stunts.
CautiousConnorpromo Cautious Connor Andrew Brenner #23
Connor gets damaged when travelling at high speed and decides that he must go more slowly from now on.
AllinVainpromo All in Vain Helen Farrall #24
James has to take the Mayor to Callan Castle, but is mortified when he finds a tiny scratch on his paintwork.
BuckledTracksandBumpyTruckspromo1 Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks
Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Cars
Lee Pressman #25
Everyone on Sodor struggles in the hot weather, Belle and Flynn were putting out fires while the Fat Controller was forced to wear a white safari hat to keep himself cool.
TitforTatpromo Tit for Tat Andrew Brenner #26
Bert is splashed by some visitors to the railway and is determined to get back at them.
Mike'sWhistlePromo2 Mike's Whistle Andrew Brenner #27
After teasing Duck about his whistle, Mike boasts about his own.
UsefulRailwaypromo Useful Railway Andrew Brenner #28
Rex thinks pulling wool trains is an easy job, but he quickly discovers otherwise.

Screenshot Title Written by Original UK release date Episode number #
SidneySingspromo1 Sidney Sings Lee Pressman 5 September 2016 #01
Sidney makes up a song to help him remember his job of delivering Percy's new wheels to the Steamworks, given by the Fat Controller.
Toby'sNewFriendpromo1 Toby's New Friend Andrew Brenner 6 September 2016 #02
Philip tries to make friends with Toby, much to Toby's dismay.
HenryGetsTheExpress22 Henry Gets the Express Helen Farrall 7 September 2016 #03
Henry takes the express instead of Gordon.
DieselandtheDucklingspromo Diesel and the Ducklings Lee Pressman 8 September 2016 #04
Diesel struggles to keep up his rough and tough demeanour when he makes friends with some ducklings.
BradfordtheBrakeVanPromo Bradford the Brake Van Lee Pressman 9 September 2016 #05
A brake van from the Mainland arrives and gets the trucks to behave.
SavingTimepromo Saving Time Andrew Brenner 21 November 2016 #06
Samson takes as many trucks as he can of an important stone train to save time getting to the docks.
RyanandDaisypromo1 Ryan and Daisy Davey Moore 22 November 2016 #07
Daisy manipulates Ryan to get him to do her extra work, as well as his own.
PoutyJamesPromo Pouty James Andrew Brenner 23 November 2016 #08
James has to learn to change his showy attitude.
BlownAwaypromo1 Blown Away Helen Farrall 24 November 2016 #09
Skiff is helping prepare for a storm, but he himself is blown away down the track.
TheWaySheDoesItpromo4 The Way She Does It Davey Moore 25 November 2016 #10
Daisy boasts about transporting an entertainers group.
LetterstoSantapromo Letters to Santa Helen Farrall 27 December 2016 #11
Percy has a job of delivering letters to Vicarstown on Christmas Eve, but when a tunnel is blocked by a snowdrift, Harold volunteers to finish the job.
LoveMeTenderpromo2 Love Me Tender Davey Moore 28 December 2016 #12
Donald and Douglas argue while clearing the snow.
TheRailcarandtheCoachespromo The Railcar and the Coaches Davey Moore 29 December 2016 #13
Daisy is rude to Annie and Clarabel.
MuckingAboutpromo1 Mucking About Davey Moore 5 June 2017 #14
Thomas questions his days of racing with Max and Monty after they repeatedly pull reckless and dangerous stunts.
CautiousConnorpromo Cautious Connor Andrew Brenner 6 June 2017 #15
Connor gets damaged when travelling at high speed and decides that he must go more slowly from now on.
AllinVainpromo All in Vain Helen Farrall 7 June 2017 #16
James has to take the Mayor to Callan Castle, but is mortified when he finds a tiny scratch on his paintwork.
BuckledTracksandBumpyTruckspromo1 Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks Lee Pressman 8 June 2017 #17
Everyone on Sodor struggles in the hot weather, Belle and Flynn were putting out fires while the Fat Controller was forced to wear a safari hat to keep himself cool.
TitforTatpromo Tit for Tat Andrew Brenner 9 June 2017 #18
Bert is splashed by some visitors to the railway and is determined to get back at them.
Mike'sWhistlePromo2 Mike's Whistle Andrew Brenner 12 June 2017 #19
After teasing Duck about his whistle, Mike boasts about his own.
UsefulRailwaypromo Useful Railway Andrew Brenner 13 June 2017 #20
Rex thinks pulling wool trains is an easy job, but he quickly discovers otherwise.
HenryintheDarkpromo Henry in the Dark Lee Pressman 24 July 2017 #21
Henry is accidentally given paint that glows in the dark, which causes James, Gordon and Thomas to think there's a ghost train.
ThreeSteamEnginesGruffpromo Three Steam Engines Gruff Andrew Brenner 25 July 2017 #22
Thomas, Percy and Toby are frightened by a sound from under the bridge.
EngineoftheFuturepromo5 Engine of the Future Andrew Brenner 26 July 2017 #23
A different new engine arrives to the island and the other engines think he will replace them.
HugoandtheAirshippromo Hugo and the Airship Andrew Brenner 27 July 2017 #24
Hugo wishes he could fly like an airship that has been soaring over Sodor.
TheMissingBreakdownTrainpromo The Missing Breakdown Train Davey Moore 28 July 2017 #25
Judy and Jerome get their chance to be really useful again.
SkiffandtheMermaidpromo Skiff and the Mermaid Helen Farrall 31 July 2017 #26
Skiff and the Fat Controller go on a wild adventure around Arlesburgh Harbour in search of a mermaid.
TheChristmasCoffeepotpromo The Christmas Coffeepot Helen Farrall 14 December 2017 #27
Marion rediscovers Glynn the Coffee Pot Engine, who restored and taken to Ulfstead Castle.
OvertheHill Over the Hill Helen Farrall 20 December 2017 #28
Stephen becomes jealous of all the attention received by Glynn at the castle.

Screenshot Title Written by Original US release date Episode number #
SidneySingspromo1 Sidney Sings Lee Pressman 21 October 2016 #01
Sidney makes up a song to help him remember his job of delivering Percy's new wheels to the Steamworks, given by Sir Topham Hatt.
DieselandtheDucklingspromo Diesel and the Ducklings Lee Pressman 21 October 2016 #02
Diesel struggles to keep up his rough and tough demeanor when he makes friends with some ducklings.
TheRailcarandtheCoachespromo The Railcar and the Coaches Davey Moore 15 December 2016 #03
Daisy is rude to Annie and Clarabel.
SavingTimepromo Saving Time Andrew Brenner 15 December 2016 #04
Samson takes as many cars as he can of an important stone train to save time getting to the docks.
LetterstoSantapromo Letters to Santa Helen Farrall 16 December 2016 #05
Percy has a job of delivering letters to Vicarstown on Christmas Eve, but when a tunnel is blocked by a snowdrift, Harold volunteers to finish the job.
LoveMeTenderpromo2 Love Me Tender Davey Moore 16 December 2016 #06
Donald and Douglas argue while clearing the snow.
MuckingAboutpromo1 Mucking About Davey Moore 17 November 2017 #07
Thomas questions his days of racing with Max and Monty after they repeatedly pull reckless and dangerous stunts.
TheChristmasCoffeepotpromo The Christmas Coffeepot Helen Farrall 15 December 2017 #08
Marion rediscovers Glynn the Coffee Pot Engine, who restored and taken to Ulfstead Castle.
OvertheHill Over the Hill Helen Farrall 18 December 2017 #09
Stephen becomes jealous of all the attention received by Glynn at the castle.
BlownAwaypromo1 Blown Away Helen Farrall 15 March 2018 #10
Skiff is helping prepare for a storm, but he himself is blown away down the track.
EngineoftheFuturepromo5 Engine of the Future Andrew Brenner 29 March 2018 #11
A different new engine arrives to the island and the other engines think he will replace them.
HugoandtheAirshippromo Hugo and the Airship Andrew Brenner 29 March 2018 #12
Hugo wishes he could fly like an airship that has been soaring over Sodor.
ThreeSteamEnginesGruffpromo Three Steam Engines Gruff Andrew Brenner 16 April 2018 #13
Thomas, Percy and Toby are frightened by a sound from under the bridge.
HenryintheDarkpromo Henry in the Dark Lee Pressman 17 April 2018 #14
Henry is accidentally given paint that glows in the dark, which causes James, Gordon and Thomas to think there's a ghost train.
SkiffandtheMermaidpromo Skiff and the Mermaid Helen Farrall 18 April 2018 #15
Skiff and Sir Topham Hatt go on a wild adventure around Arlesburgh Harbor in search of a mermaid.
TheMissingBreakdownTrainpromo The Missing Breakdown Train Davey Moore 19 April 2018 #16
Judy and Jerome get their chance to be really useful again.
PoutyJamesPromo Pouty James Andrew Brenner 14 May 2018 #17
James has to learn to change his showy attitude.
TheWaySheDoesItpromo4 The Way She Does It Davey Moore 15 May 2018 #18
Daisy boasts about transporting an entertainers group.
Mike'sWhistlePromo2 Mike's Whistle Andrew Brenner 6 July 2018 #19
After teasing Duck about his whistle, Mike boasts about his own.
UsefulRailwaypromo Useful Railway Andrew Brenner 6 July 2018 #20
Rex thinks pulling wool trains is an easy job, but he quickly discovers otherwise.

Unaired Episodes

The following episodes are not known to have been aired on television in the US and are only available via home media releases:

Screenshot Title Written by Episode number #
Toby'sNewFriendpromo1 Toby's New Friend Andrew Brenner #TBA
Philip tries to make friends with Toby, much to Toby's dismay.
HenryGetsTheExpress22 Henry Gets the Express Helen Farrall #TBA
Henry takes the express instead of Gordon.
CautiousConnorpromo Cautious Connor Andrew Brenner #TBA
Connor gets damaged when traveling at high speed and decides that he must go more slowly from now on.
AllinVainpromo All in Vain Helen Farrall #TBA
James has to take the Mayor to Callan Castle, but is mortified when he finds a tiny scratch on his paintwork.
TitforTatpromo Tit for Tat Andrew Brenner #TBA
Bert is splashed by some visitors to the railway and is determined to get back at them.
BradfordtheBrakeVanPromo Bradford the Brake Van Lee Pressman #TBA
A brake van from the Mainland arrives and gets the cars to behave.
RyanandDaisypromo1 Ryan and Daisy Davey Moore #TBA
Daisy manipulates Ryan to get him to do her extra work, as well as his own.
BuckledTracksandBumpyTruckspromo1 Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Cars Lee Pressman #TBA
Everyone on Sodor struggles in the hot weather, Belle and Flynn were putting out fires while Sir Topham Hatt was forced to wear a safari hat to keep himself cool.

Screenshot Title Written by Original JPN release date Episode number #
SidneySingspromo1 うたうシドニー (Sidney Sings) Lee Pressman 6 November 2016 #01
Sidney makes up a song to help him remember his job of delivering Percy's new wheels to the Steamworks, given by Sir Topham Hatt.
Toby'sNewFriendpromo1 トビーとフィリップ (Toby's New Friend) Andrew Brenner 6 November 2016 #02
Philip tries to make friends with Toby, much to Toby's dismay.
HenryGetsTheExpress22 ヘンリーか?ゴードンか? (Henry Gets the Express) Helen Farrall 13 November 2016 #03
Henry takes the express instead of Gordon.
DieselandtheDucklingspromo ディーゼルのひみつ (Diesel and the Ducklings) Lee Pressman 13 November 2016 #04
Diesel struggles to keep up his rough and tough demeanor when he makes friends with some ducklings.
BradfordtheBrakeVanPromo ブラッドフォードってきびしい (Bradford the Brake Van) Lee Pressman 20 November 2016 #05
A brake van from the Mainland arrives and gets the trucks to behave.
SavingTimepromo じかんをせつやくしよう (Saving Time) Andrew Brenner 20 November 2016 #06
Samson takes as many trucks as he can of an important stone train to save time getting to the docks.
RyanandDaisypromo1 ライアンとデイジー (Ryan and Daisy) Davey Moore 27 November 2016 #07
Daisy manipulates Ryan to get him to do her extra work, as well as his own.
HenryintheDarkpromo やみにひかるヘンリー (Henry in the Dark) Lee Pressman 27 November 2016 #08
Henry is accidentally given paint that glows in the dark, which causes James, Gordon and Thomas to think there's a ghost train.
ThreeSteamEnginesGruffpromo おそろしい ようかい (Three Steam Engines Gruff) Andrew Brenner 4 December 2016 #09
Thomas, Percy and Toby are frightened by a sound from under the bridge.
TheMissingBreakdownTrainpromo ジュディとジェロームのぼうけん (The Missing Breakdown Train) Davey Moore December 4 2016 #10
Judy and Jerome get their chance to be really useful again.
LetterstoSantapromo サンタクロースへのてがみ (Letters to Santa) Helen Farrall 23 December 2016 #11
Percy has a job of delivering letters to Vicarstown on Christmas Eve, but when a tunnel is blocked by a snowdrift, Harold volunteers to finish the job.
LoveMeTenderpromo2 ドナルドとダグラスはふたご (Love Me Tender) Davey Moore 23 December 2016 #12
Donald and Douglas argue while clearing the snow.
TheRailcarandtheCoachespromo デイジーとアニーとクララベル (The Railcar and the Coaches) Davey Moore 23 December 2016 #13
Daisy is rude to Annie and Clarabel.
EngineoftheFuturepromo5 みらいのきかんしゃ (Engine of the Future) Andrew Brenner 29 January 2017 #14
A different new engine arrives to the island and the other engines think he will replace them.
HugoandtheAirshippromo ヒューゴとひこうせん (Hugo and the Airship) Andrew Brenner 29 January 2017 #15
Hugo wishes he could fly like an airship that has been soaring over Sodor.
PoutyJamesPromo ふくれっつらのジェームス (Pouty James) Andrew Brenner 5 February 2017 #16
James has to learn to change his showy attitude.
SkiffandtheMermaidpromo スキフとにんぎょ (Skiff and the Mermaid) Helen Farrall 5 February 2017 #17
Skiff and Sir Topham Hatt go on a wild adventure around Arlesburgh Harbour in search of a mermaid.
BlownAwaypromo1 スキフとあらしのよる (Blown Away) Helen Farrall 12 February 2017 #18
Skiff is helping prepare for a storm, but he himself is blown away down the track.
TheWaySheDoesItpromo4 デイジーととくべつなおきゃくさん (The Way She Does It) Davey Moore 12 February 2017 #19
Daisy boasts about transporting an entertainers group.
MuckingAboutpromo1 マックスとモンティーはらんぼうもの (Mucking About) Davey Moore 19 February 2017 #20
Thomas questions his days of racing with Max and Monty after they repeatedly pull reckless and dangerous stunts.
CautiousConnorpromo コナーははやくはしらない (Cautious Connor) Andrew Brenner 19 February 2017 #21
Connor gets damaged when traveling at high speed and decides that he must go more slowly from now on.
AllinVainpromo はりきりすぎたジェームス (All in Vain) Helen Farrall 26 February 2017 #22
James has to take the Mayor to Callan Castle, but is mortified when he finds a tiny scratch on his paintwork.
BuckledTracksandBumpyTruckspromo1 やくにたつしろいぼうし (Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks) Lee Pressman 26 February 2017 #23
Everyone on Sodor struggles in the hot weather, Belle and Flynn were putting out fires while Sir Topham Hatt was forced to wear a safari hat to keep himself cool.
TitforTatpromo バートのしかえし (Tit for Tat) Andrew Brenner 5 March 2017 #24
Bert is splashed by some visitors to the railway and is determined to get back at them.
Mike'sWhistlePromo2 マイクのきてき (Mike's Whistle) Andrew Brenner 5 March 2017 #25
After teasing Duck about his whistle, Mike boasts about his own.
UsefulRailwaypromo いいぞアールズデールてつどう (Useful Railway) Andrew Brenner 12 March 2017 #26
Rex thinks pulling wool trains is an easy job, but he quickly discovers otherwise.
TheChristmasCoffeepotpromo コーヒーポットきかんしゃグリン (The Christmas Coffeepot) Helen Farrall 24 December 2017 #27
Marion rediscovers Glynn the Coffee Pot Engine, who restored and taken to Ulfstead Castle.
OvertheHill グリンとスティーブンのレース (Over the Hill) Helen Farrall 24 December 2017 #28
Stephen becomes jealous of all the attention received by Glynn at the castle.

Songs

Screenshot Title Composers Original release date
TheChristmasCoffeepot97 Glynn's Christmas Wish Eggplant LF 4 October 2016 (US)
It's that time of season
Hear the children singing...
Sodor'sLegendoftheLostTreasure456 It's Halloween Steve D'Angelo 12 October 2016
Halloween, down goes the sun
Thomas on a night-time run...
PoutyJames73 James the Really Splendid Engine (CGI version) Mike O'Donnell
Junior Campbell
7 August 2017 (UK; DVD)
He's a really splendid engine, everybody knows,
But he does go on and on and on, always telling us so...
TheOtherSideoftheMountain80 Accidents Will Happen (CGI version) Mike O'Donnell
Junior Campbell
7 August 2017 (UK; DVD)
Thrills and spills on the railway, it's a life of happiness,
But sometimes impatience can lead to carelessness...

Characters

Returning Characters

Characters Introduced

Locations

Half Hour Format

Be Good to Your Friends

Patience and Rules

A Time for Sharing

Cast

UK

  • John Hasler as Thomas and Rheneas
  • Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Harvey, Whiff, Glynn, Salty, Norman, Stafford, Sir Handel, Bert, Harold, Captain, the Fat Controller, Dowager Hatt, the Thin Controller, Willie, the Bird Watcher, the Railway Inspectors, the Great Composer, the Welsh Bird Watcher, the Grumpy Passenger, the Great Railway Show Judge, the Male Puppet Show Entertainer, the Policeman, the Museum Manager, Franz, the Knapford Stationmaster, the Wellsworth Stationmaster, the Kellsthorpe Road Stationmaster, Some Washdown Workmen, Some Quarry Workers and Some Passengers
  • Nigel Pilkington as Percy and Trevor
  • Rob Rackstraw as James (Tit for Tat only), Toby, Donald, Hugo, Flynn, Bradford, Fergus Duncan, the Thin Clergyman, the Welsh Bird Watcher (Mike's Whistle only), Some Quarry Workers, Douglas' Driver and Some Passengers
  • Steven Kynman as Duck, Porter, Ryan, Paxton, Peter Sam, Jack, Mike's Driver and Some Passengers
  • Joe Mills as Douglas, Oliver and Toad
  • Kerry Shale as Diesel, 'Arry and a Workman
  • Matt Wilkinson as Stanley, Rocky, Cranky, Kevin, the Duke of Boxford, Captain Joe, Bert's Driver, Rex's Driver and Some Passengers
  • Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Belle, Annie, Clarabel, Judy, Lady Hatt, Stephen Hatt, Bridget Hatt, the Duchess of Boxford, the Blond-haired Boy, the Ginger-haired Boy, the Female Puppet Show Entertainer and Some Passengers
  • Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
  • David Bedella as Victor and the Mayor of Sodor
  • Tim Whitnall as Mike, Jerome, Max and Oliver the Excavator
  • Jonathan Forbes as Connor
  • Tom Stourton as Duncan, Rex, the Fat Clergyman and Duck's Driver
  • Olivia Colman as Marion
  • Robert Wilfort as Samson
  • Bob Golding as Stephen, Sidney, a Railway Inspector and a Steamworks Worker
  • Togo Igawa as Hiro
  • Miranda Raison as Millie
  • Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby
  • William Hope as Iron Bert
  • Rasmus Hardiker as Philip and Monty
  • David Menkin as Porter (Pouty James only)
  • Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
  • Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
  • Nathan Clarke as Alfie
  • Jules de Jongh as Caitlin
  • Christopher Ragland as the Troublesome Trucks

US

  • Joseph May as Thomas
  • William Hope as Edward, Toby, Whiff, Iron Bert, Rocky, the Duke of Boxford and the Blond-haired Boy
  • Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, Diesel, 'Arry, Harold, Max, Kevin, Mr. Percival, a Signalman and a Dryaw Station Worker
  • Rob Rackstraw as James, Donald, Stanley (Saving Time), Hugo, Flynn, Bradford, Monty, Fergus Duncan, the Thin Clergyman, the Welsh Bird Watcher (Mike's Whistle only), Some Quarry Workers, Douglas' Driver and Some Passengers
  • Christopher Ragland as Percy, Trevor and the Troublesome Trucks
  • Jules de Jongh as Emily, Caitlin, the Duchess of Boxford and the Ginger-haired Boy (Pouty James)
  • Steven Kynman as Duck, Ryan, Paxton, Peter Sam, Mike's Driver and Passengers
  • Joe Mills as Douglas, Oliver and Toad
  • Keith Wickham as Harvey, Glynn, Salty, Norman, Stafford, Sir Handel, Bert, Captain, Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt, Willie, the Bird Watcher, the Railroad Inspectors, the Great Composer, the Welsh Bird Watcher, the Grumpy Passenger, the Great Railway Show Judge, the Male Puppet Show Entertainer, the Policeman, the Museum Manager, Franz, the Knapford Stationmaster, the Wellsworth Stationmaster, the Kellsthorpe Road Stationmaster, Some Washdown Workmen, Some Quarry Workers and Some Passengers
  • Matt Wilkinson as Captain Joe, Bert's Driver, Rex's Driver and Some Passengers
  • Teresa Gallagher as Belle, Annie, Clarabel, Judy, Lady Hatt, Stephen Hatt, Bridget Hatt, the Female Puppet Show Entertainer and Some Passengers
  • Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
  • David Menkin as Porter and Jack
  • Tim Whitnall as Mike, Jerome and Oliver the Excavator
  • Tom Stourton as Duncan, Rex, the Fat Clergyman and Duck's Driver
  • David Bedella as Victor and the Mayor of Sodor
  • Olivia Colman as Marion
  • Robert Wilfort as Samson
  • Bob Golding as Stephen, Sidney, a Railroad Inspector and a Steamworks Worker
  • Togo Igawa as Hiro
  • Jonathan Forbes as Connor
  • Miranda Raison as Millie
  • Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby
  • Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
  • Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
  • John Schwab as Stanley (Pouty James)
  • Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
  • Nathan Clarke as Alfie
  • Glenn Wrage as Cranky
  • John Hasler as Rheneas

Trivia

  • Five episodes of this series, Cautious Connor, All in Vain, Tit for Tat, Mike's Whistle, and Useful Railway, were incomplete at the time Arc Productions went bankrupt and were finished off by Jam Filled Toronto after Jam Filled Entertainment bought the aforementioned studio.
  • Tracy-Ann Oberman joins the voice cast.
  • Ballast is the only story from the Small Railway Engines volume not to be adapted into an episode.
  • Seven episodes of this series were produced by Robert Anderson, while the rest were produced by Tracy Blagdon. The seven episodes are Sidney Sings, Toby's New Friend, Henry Gets the Express, Letters to Santa, Henry in the Dark, Three Steam Engines Gruff, and The Christmas Coffeepot. Of these seven episodes, Sidney Sings, Letters to Santa, Toby's New Friend and Henry Gets the Express have a copyright date of 2015. All the other episodes in this series are dated 2016.
  • Only seven episodes were licensed to PBS (Sidney Sings, Diesel and the Ducklings, Saving Time, Letters to Santa, Love Me Tender, The Railcar and the Coaches, and Mucking About). However, The Christmas Coffeepot aired on Nickelodeon along with Terence Breaks the Ice from the following series. Other episodes from the series were eventually aired there following its official move in March 2018.
  • According to Ian McCue, The Christmas Coffeepot and Over the Hill were created exclusively for the Tinsel on the Tracks DVD, hence why they were not broadcast with the rest of the twentieth series and were instead broadcast with the twenty-first series. This is also why the two episodes are packaged with releases of the latter instead of the former, such as their exclusion from The Complete Series 20 and their inclusion on The Complete Series 21.
  • The next series' episode Hasty Hannah was originally part of this series, but was pushed in to the aforementioned series to make way for the Small engines adaptation episodes as well as Cautious Connor, which was originally part of the twenty-first series but was pushed forwards for this series instead, all written by Andrew Brenner.
  • The US dubs of the following episodes have currently only been shown on television and digital, and have yet to appear on home video in North America, with the unaired episodes marked with an asterisk:
    • Bradford the Brake Van*
    • Ryan and Daisy*
    • Pouty James
    • Blown Away
    • The Way She Does It
    • Mucking About
    • Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Cars*
    • Mike's Whistle
    • Useful Railway
  • The three songs made during this series have currently only been shown on DVD in UK and YouTube in US and have yet to appear on home video in North America are It's Halloween and the CGI songs of James the Really Splendid Engine and Accidents Will Happen.
  • This is the first series of multiple things:
    • The first series of the CGI series since the sixteenth not to have any returning characters.
    • Donald, Douglas, Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty's first episodic appearances in full CGI.
    • The first series since the fourth series to have adaptations of the Railway Series stories.
    • The first series to have music composed by Chris Renshaw after Robert Hartshorne and Peter Hartshorne's contracts ended after production of the nineteenth series.
    • The first series where Charlie does not appear since his introduction in the thirteenth series.
    • The first series to feature the Skarloey Railway, but not to have any episodes dedicated to them.
    • The first series where Rusty does not appear since his introduction in the fourth series.
    • The first series where Stanley speaks in more than one of his appearances since the twelfth series.
    • The first series to have episodes with animation by Jam Filled Toronto.
    • The first series since the sixteenth series where Thomas appears in every episode but does not speak in all of them.
    • The first series where Ryan, Skiff, Rex, Mike, Bert, Glynn, Judy, Jerome and both clergymen appear in an episode.
    • The first series since the fourteenth series that some episodes would be released in a past year during production with the rest being produced a year later.
    • The first series since the fourteenth where Bertie appears, but does not speak.
    • The first series since her debut in the seventh series where Emily does not get a lead role.
    • The first series where Duncan appears in two episodes since the fifth and sixth series.
    • The first series since she joined the voice cast in King of the Railway without Rebecca O'Mara as part of the voice cast. It is also the first series without Jonathan Broadbent as a part of the voice cast since he joined in the seventeenth series, due to him departing after The Great Race.
    • The first series where Den, Dart, Timothy and Reg do not appear since their introductions in Day of the Diesels and Tale of the Brave respectively.
    • The first series to feature Henning Stegelmann as the German translator and dialogue director since the sixteenth series.
    • The first series not dubbed in Norwegian since the twelfth series.
  • This is the second series of a few things:
    • The second series without Thomas' name titled in any of the episodes, with the first being the fifteenth series.
    • The second series to have twenty-eight episodes, the first being the tenth series.
    • This is the second series where Paxton speaks only in one episode, the first being the eighteenth series.
    • The second series to not have all episodes dubbed in Dutch, those being The Christmas Coffeepot and Over the Hill, the first being the seventeenth series.
  • This is the only series for several things:
    • The only series where Rosie does not appear since her introduction in the tenth series, possibly due to her model being reworked.
    • The only series where Mavis, Skarloey and Spencer appear, but do not speak since their introductions.
    • The only series where Bertie appears, but is never referred to by name.
    • The only series where Crocks Scrap Yard does not appear since its return in Tale of the Brave.
    • The only series to have episodes started to be animated by Arc and being finished by Arc/Jam Filled.
    • The only series of the CGI series to have adaptations of The Railway Series stories.
    • The only series where Captain Joe speaks.
    • The only series to have a Russian DVD re-dub.
  • This is the last series for several things:
    • Ian McCue's last series as producer for HiT Entertainment. Briefly serving as creator executive for the next two series, he would later return as producer in the twenty-third series.
    • Robert Anderson's last series as producer for Arc.
    • Kallan Kagan's last series as executive producer for Arc.
    • Boris Andreev's last full series as art director.
    • Karen Davidsen's last series as head of production for HiT Entertainment.
    • Nathan Clarke's last series as part of the voice cast.
    • The last series produced by HiT Entertainment, as Mattel Creations took over from Journey Beyond Sodor onwards.
    • The last series where Keith Wickham voices James in the UK, as Rob Rackstraw takes over starting with Tit for Tat.
    • The last series to be aired on PBS Kids in the US before PBS lost the rights to broadcast Thomas & Friends after 31 December 2017. Nick Jr. US took over as the American broadcast home for the series in 2018 starting from the twenty-first series until the twenty-third series.
    • The last series where the engines and vehicles' bodies are static.
    • The last series narrated by Sky du Mont in Germany.
    • The last series to have European Spanish, Romanian, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Slovenian, Serbian, Czech and Greek dubs until the twenty-second series.
    • The last series of the original show dubbed in French.
    • The last series to have an Ukrainian dub until the twenty-second series.
    • The last series that Ukrainian dub was released in Ukraine and the Ukrainian dub of the twenty-second series was released in Poland.
    • The last series to get a complete series DVD release in the United Kingdom and United States
  • The episodes the Christmas Coffeepot and Over the Hill episodes were never dubbed in European Spanish, Italian, French, Romanian, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Slovenian, Serbian, Czech, Ukrainian and Greek.
  • In the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Baltic Russian, Bulgarian and Vietnamese dubs, the UK dub can be heard in the background as a dubbing track was not used.
  • In the Korean dub, the original British production crew were never credited.
  • In the Romanian, Estonian (voice-over), Latvian (voice-over), Lithuanian (voice-over), Hungarian, Serbian, Bulgarian (voice-over), Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Baltic Russian (voice-over), Greek, Turkish, Indonesian, Thai, Chinese Mandarin, Taiwanese Mandarin and Cantonese dubs, credited Mark Moraghan as the narrator, even though they were re-dubbed their respective languages.
  • The DVDs of Extraordinary Engines, credited Mark Moraghan as the narrator, even though they were re-dubbed their respective languages.

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